S: (n) point (the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest) "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"

S: (n) point (a promontory extending out into a large body of water) "they sailed south around the point"

S: (n) item, point (a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list) "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"

S: (n) point (a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect)

S: (n) point, spot (an outstanding characteristic) "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

S: (n) point (sharp end) "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"

S: (n) compass point, point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass) "he checked the point on his compass"

S: (n) direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves) "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"

S: (n) position, spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated) "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"

S: (n) relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)

S: (n) unit of measurement, unit (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange) "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"

S: (n) point (one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan)

S: (n) period, point, full stop, stop, full point (a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations) "in England they call a period a stop"

S: (n) point, head (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer) "the point of the arrow was due north"